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HOUSE <\/strong>leaders on Tuesday agreed the government needs to extend help, especially legal aid, to policemen who are now facing criminal and administrative cases for their participation in the Duterte administration\u2019s war on drugs.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a press briefing, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, Quad Committee overall presiding officer, said there are policemen who are facing administrative and criminal cases, now need legal assistance promised to them by the Duterte administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNangangailangan po sila ng abogado. In fact, yung iba ay napipilitan pong mangutang sa \u2026 PSSLAI (Public Safety Savings and Loan Association, Inc.) para lang makapagbayad ng abogado na makatutulong sa kanilang pagharap dito sa korte dahil nga po sila ay nahaharap sa mga kaso. Isa lang ho ang kanilang sinasabi na nasaan daw iyung pangako sa kanila na tutulungan sila sa mga kaso at kung ma-convict sila,\u201d Barbers said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said such promised help is unlikely to come because pardon cannot be exercised by the former President.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDi na mangyayari ngayon \u2018yun dahil nga ang pardon ay nagagawa lamang po ng dating Pangulo. So, ngayon ay medyo nagkakaproblema po iyung ibang mga miyembro ng PNP na kung saan ay sa kanilang pagtupad sa kanilang duty to serve the people, sila po ay nakakaharap sa administrative and criminal cases,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Quad Comm co-chair and Sta. Rosa City Rep. Dan Fernandez pushed for a motu proprio investigation on the matter to find out the real culpability of the accused cops.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMay intention ba talaga or it was really a call of duty? So kailangan natin malaman \u2018yung experience ng mga naapektuhan ng war on drugs,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fernandez said as per the data given by Philippine National Police chief Rommel Marbil, about 195 cops were dismissed from the service and 398 others are facing dismissal proceedings.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo papaano iyung pamilya nila? Nawalan sila ng jobs, nawala iyung kanilang life, iyung kanilang dignity as well, in following those orders. Now we wanted to investigate in order to find out what are the necessary things to do especially dito sa mga pamilyang ito. Kailangan siguro po natin ma-distinguish iyung isang lawful order and unlawful acts na ginawa ng mga pulis. Kasi kung mapapansin nyo na-dismiss sila eh. Mga lower ranks sila eh. Hindi nila alam na \u2018yun ang ginawa nila is unlawful. \u2018Di ba may pronouncement ang (dating) Presidente na, \u2018I alone will be responsible for the effects of the war on drugs.\u2019 Now na nangyari sa kanila ito, so sino ang tutulong kanila? So I think the government should also step in in order to find out yung culpability na nila talaga,\u201d Fernandez said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., also a Quad Comm co-chair, said their committee aims not to punish the cops but to help them.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMerong mga kapulisan natin na gustong magsabi ng katotohanan. Pinag-usapan na namin ito eh that we are there to help. We’re there to ask the DOJ to perhaps provide the witness protection on them. Sa palagay ko naman the present crop of the Philippine National Police leadership would provide protection for policemen who are honest enough to tell the truth. Hindi namin sila pababayaan. That, we could be able to assure them,\u201d Abante said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zambales Rep. Jefferson Khonghun said the cases against the cops stemmed from their obedience on the presidential directive of former President Duterte.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNakakalungkot lang na napabayaan \u2018yung mga police. Siyempre akala nila na they are following direct orders coming from the former President. So sa ngayon napabayaan sila. So nakakalungkot lang dahil \u2018yung sinasabi ni former President is all rhetoric. Sana tulungan nila \u2018yung mga pulis na nagkaroon ng kaso sa presidential directive na ito,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HOUSE leaders on Tuesday agreed the government needs to extend help, especially legal aid, to policemen who are now facing criminal and administrative cases for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9988,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986\/revisions\/9988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}